Health
UC hospitals say patients safe despite strike
Both sides say a two-day strike by several thousand University of California medical workers hasn't affected patient safety. Union and hospital representatives say elective surgeries were postponed and temporary workers brought in to handle duties of pharmacists, radiation therapists and others who walked out at 4 a.m. Tuesday. Nurses are ...
New Mexico team goes to Okla. for tornado response
The University of New Mexico hospital is sending a 26-member team of medical, computer and security specialists to Moore, Okla., to help with the response to Monday's massive tornado hit. Medical personnel who are part of the Disaster Medical Assistance Team include doctors, nurses and medical managers. The deployment could ...
Decision time for Portland fluoridation
Procrastinators dropped off their ballots Tuesday as Portlanders decided for the first time in more than 30 years whether to add fluoride to their drinking water. Voters had weeks to make their choice in the mail-ballot election. It's now too late to rely on the postman, so drop boxes have ...
Chronic pain affects growing number of MN veterans
Thousands of Minnesota soldiers are returning from war with chronic pain from injuries that leave many of them impaired and even disabled, and there's been a steep increase in such injuries over the past decade. For example, according to an analysis by Minnesota Public Radio of Department of Veterans Affairs ...
Program offers cancer survivors fitness, support
Eight years ago, a breast cancer diagnosis hit Jenny Moss out of the blue. It was as if one day everything was fine, and the next day, there was cancer, she said. She was 38 at the time and busy as a full-time teacher. "After treatment, I wanted to continue ...
Program offers cancer survivors fitness, support
Cancer survivors who've struggled to find support as they try to become more physically fit will soon have a new option in Lafayette. Purdue University and the YWCA are teaming up for a 10-week exercise program designed specifically for cancer survivors. Many cancer survivors can't do the same types of ...
Cholera outbreak hits Malian refugee camp in Niger
The United Nations refugee agency said that they are working to contain a cholera outbreak in Niger in a refugee camp for people fleeing the conflict in Mali. Melissa Fleming, the chief spokeswoman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said in a statement on Tuesday that a total ...
More tornadoes from global warming? Nobody knows
A deadly tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday. A quick look at some basic facts: Q. Is global warming to blame? A. You can't blame a single weather event on global warming. In any case, scientists just don't know whether there will be more or fewer twisters as global ...
Wis. man killed by cops had mental-illness history
A Madison man shot and killed by police last week after allegedly charging at them with a sword had a history of mental illness, the Dane County Sheriff's Office said. Brent E. Brozek, 43, was taken to mental health facilities in 2004 and 2008 as part of court-ordered commitments, sheriff's ...
3 Brookfield Zoo dolphins expecting
Chicago Zoological Society officials say three Brookfield Zoo bottlenose dolphins are pregnant. Officials said Monday that 26-year-old Allie, 31-year-old Tapeko and 10-year-old Spree are due to give birth this summer and fall. Allie has had two previous calves and Tapeko, three. But first-time mother Spree will require extra care as ...
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